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Before the
Federal Communications Commission
Washington, D.C. 20554
In the Matter of )
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Schuylkill Mobile Fone, Inc. ) File No. EB-09-PA-0261
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Licensee of Radio Station KGA589 ) NOV No. V201032400008
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Joliett, Pennsylvania )
NOTICE OF VIOLATION
Released: December 1, 2009
By the District Director, Northeast Region, Philadelphia Office,
Enforcement Bureau:
1. This is a Notice of Violation ("Notice") issued pursuant to Section
1.89 of the Commission's Rules to Schuylkill Mobile Fone, Inc.
("Schuylkill Mobile"), licensee of Public Radio Service Station KGA589
in Joliett, Pennsylvania.
2. On November 6, 2009, in response to an interference complaint from the
Bureau of State Reservation Maintenance ("State Reservation"), agents
of the FCC's Philadelphia Office monitored radio station KGA589
located in Joliett, Pennsylvania, and observed the following
violation:
47 C.F.R. S: 22.359(a): "The power of any emission outside of the
authorized operating frequency ranges must be attenuated below the
transmitting power (P) by a factor of at least 43 + 10 log (P) dB." On
November 6, 2009, FCC agents from the Philadelphia Office found that
Schuylkill Mobile's 152.18 MHz paging transmitter was generating a
spurious emission on 165.0875 MHz that exceeded the emission mask limit by
56.15 dB. The Philadelphia Office found that the spurious emission on
165.0875 MHz was causing harmful interference to the State Reservation's
repeater system.
3. Pursuant to Section 403 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended,
and Section 1.89 of the Commission's Rules, Schuylkill Mobile Fone,
Inc. must submit a written statement concerning this matter within
twenty (20) days of release of this Notice. The response must fully
explain each violation, must contain a statement of the specific
action(s) taken to correct each violation and preclude recurrence, and
should include a time line for completion of pending corrective
action(s). The response must be complete in itself and signed by a
principal or officer of the licensee. All replies and documentation
sent in response to this Notice should be marked with the File No. and
NOV No. specified above, and mailed to the following address:
Federal Communications Commission
Philadelphia Office
One Oxford Valley Building, Suite 404
2300 East Lincoln Highway
Langhorne, Pennsylvania 19047
4. This Notice shall be sent to Schuylkill Mobile Fone, Inc. at its
address of record.
5. The Privacy Act of 1974 requires that we advise you that the
Commission will use all relevant material information before it,
including any information disclosed in your reply, to determine what,
if any, enforcement action is required to ensure compliance. Any false
statement made knowingly and willfully in reply to this Notice is
punishable by fine or imprisonment under Title 18 of the U.S. Code.
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Gene J. Stanbro
District Director
Philadelphia Office
Northeast Region
Enforcement Bureau
47 C.F.R. S: 1.89.
The FCC measured the level of the spurious emission to be 51.40 dBuV/m.
The level of the fundamental was measured to be 63.99 dBuV/m; a difference
of 12.59 dB. Based on the transmitter output power of 375 Watts, the
spurious emission should be attenuated at least 68.74 dB below the
authorized transmitting power.
47 U.S.C. S: 403.
P.L. 93-579, 5 U.S.C. S: 552a(e)(3).
18 U.S.C. S: 1001 et seq.
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